Post by redcat on Jun 13, 2013 20:03:46 GMT -5

So I went fill up on late season and early season bait for the future. The goldeye run is just starting here and its not on fire yet. I went out with a light action rod with a slip bobber. The smallest hook I had in my possession, a few split shots and a couple dew worms.... Thats it. I normal hot spot was producing. I set my depth to 2' and made my first cast at the current seam. I hit my mark and picked up the slack in the line. And down she goes..... My bobber slowly slips into the current seam when a goldeye hits, I quickly real until I feel weight. The battle begins. Well not much of a battle but a good one anyways. A 12" in the pale.

This continues for 30 minutes. I had a hit on almost every cast. Landing percentage was about 25%. Lost fish were due to barbless hooks and jumping fish or rippin lips as I reeled them in.

Its really a blast catching these little guys. Its great bait to have stored for the times when it is hard to come across goldeyes but they really do work best when fresh. Its Manitoba cut bait for Sumo Red river channel catfish!

On a side note, I would have loved to share some pics with you guys. Problem is that I left the camera on the bank, and when I returned an hour later to try and get it....... it was gone. I posted on the local forum but to no avail. Guess I need to get out my old cam(XD card) for fishing

Post by redcat on Jun 13, 2013 20:09:14 GMT -5

BTW, the channel cat in my avatar was landed on fresh Goldeye.... along with 17 others over 20lbs that afternoon. The river was on fire that day, I couldn't do anything wrong that day. When the goldeye bite is on......... ITS ON!

I have even had cats try and steal my goldeye as I reel them in. The hooks I use are so small I had no chance at the cat but the goldeye was instantly dead and had catfish lip marks in the middle of it where all the scalles were taken off. True story

Post by Seanstone on Jun 13, 2013 21:47:10 GMT -5

One of my buddies caught a couple goldeyes drifting small peices of cut shad the other day. I laughed about it until he told me that they were records on a online kayak tourney we were fishing. Wasnt so so funny then.....lol.

We have caught a few good fish on Mooneye down here...you get into those any?

Post by redcat on Jun 13, 2013 22:22:35 GMT -5

Goldeyes and mooneyes are very similar. I will take a pic next time to show.

Generally I catch them between 9"-14". 11" seems to be the norm. I cut the tail off and then the rest into 3 pieces, sometimes 4. I know lots of guys cut 1" steaks. I like bigger bait. This year I want to try one whole/live, I need the current to back off before that can happen though.

Post by katfish on Jun 13, 2013 23:04:43 GMT -5

Redcat

The Mooneyes here are similar to goldeyes. I had Kayla catching goldeyes in the lock at Selkirkon ultralights and she hooked a big sheephead (silver bass to Canadians) She fought it till the hook straightened and told me that was a big goldeye!

Kayla and Coyotes son each caught citation cats and silver bass that day.

Post by rustyfish on Jun 14, 2013 6:32:29 GMT -5

I was taking a look at the site and this was the first thread I opened. So I figured well I might as well sign up now.

I caught those on a 5" inch shad cut 1" thick shallow under a float. I was trying to catch gar and landed the two 15.5" goldeneye on consecutive cast. A first for me, I didn't realize they were in the scioto.

Post by redcat on Jun 14, 2013 18:07:03 GMT -5

The Mooneyes here are similar to goldeyes. I had Kayla catching goldeyes in the lock at Selkirkon ultralights and she hooked a big sheephead (silver bass to Canadians) She fought it till the hook straightened and told me that was a big goldeye!

Kayla and Coyotes son each caught citation cats and silver bass that day.

So, where is the Selkirk you fish katfish?

Sheephead, ya its has a bunch of names. Freshwater drum is another name, not sure why it is called silver bass... not even sure if it is a member of the bass family.

Post by catmaster12 on Jun 21, 2013 21:39:56 GMT -5

The Mooneyes here are similar to goldeyes. I had Kayla catching goldeyes in the lock at Selkirkon ultralights and she hooked a big sheephead (silver bass to Canadians) She fought it till the hook straightened and told me that was a big goldeye!

Kayla and Coyotes son each caught citation cats and silver bass that day.

So, where is the Selkirk you fish katfish?

Sheephead, ya its has a bunch of names. Freshwater drum is another name, not sure why it is called silver bass... not even sure if it is a member of the bass family.